Combination leg-covering.



No. 880,358. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. H. COHEN & B. NATHAN COMBINATIONLEG COVERING. APPLICATION I'I LED DEC. 28. 1906.

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No. 880,358. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. H. COHEN (fa B. NATHAN. COMBINATIONLEG COVERING.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 28. 1906.

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Patented Feb. 25. 1908.

Application filed Bee-ember 23. 1906, Serial Tin. 3 3.788

T 0 ali whom it may coflcem:

Be it kno'wn that W6, 1-1 .iIt IAN COHEN, subjeet of the 32m: of Russia,and BENJAMIN NATHAN, a. citizen the United States of America, and.residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented oer'ssin new and useful Improvements in Combination L"-'-{7overings, of which the following is e. spec ice/Dion, so ch as Evilenable those skilled in she art to which it a pertains to moire and. usethe some.

- T is invention relates to leg coverings and the object hereof'eoprovide eomoimr- 'hioil device of this ohoreoiaer, the componentindividue iiy or collectively used; a further object being to provide acievioe of this ehsmoter which may be Worn. with the usual rubber footeoverings in such manner as to overlay the same or which may be WornWithout fine said rubbers and a still iurbher object being to providesuch s leg covering, the parts of which are which is simple inconstruetion and use and well adapted 01 the use for which it isilitende.

Our inveni m is fuiiy described in the 0? lowing specification, of whichthe sooompimying drawings form a port, in which the separate partsthereof are designated by suit-able reference characters in each ofviews, and in wliiehz Figure l is a View of a. human leg and footequipped with our invention as 2. whole and showing the some WornWithout foo-a rubbers; Fig. 2 is 9. similar View but showing the partsopened for a clearer showing of the construe, tion; Fig. 3 is 8. View ofone of the oomponent parts of our invention used individu ally; Fig. 4is a fragmentary View of the construction, somewhat enlarged, andshowing the operation; Fig. 5 is a View simiiair i0 4. but showing ourinvention used Wifih foot rubbers; Fig. 6 is a sectional View of theconstruction shown in 5 and. Fig. 7 is seotionsi View of theeonstruotion shown in w o t o. 1

In Figs 1 and 2 of the drawings, We move ee 0 v v Hector knee guard c, i

i i E i i i reason ior which desired buttons or fasieners 0*- endpreferably rests in a. or recess in the top or the said puitee. I

The puttee b is oi" "1'16 usual construct-ion generally, comprising e. smm-.1181 or wrapped around secured in this position by means or in anyother desired manner be t 1 oer di'iYers from the usual form in mm Weprovide a dependent lug; 3) on e bottom the? oi, each of which i with a.button or other fastener 12'', Fig. 3 it will be seen sheia narroweiost-io lino-aerial Zf is gist-soils a '10 my eonne with the inside ofthe member size be hereinafter eX- plemed.

'u M. 1-- my, .Uie garter is g eiiemily see-wrong v usual form and oomrises s. strie of of suiteoie mste which 1115. .oosed of a 11mm 1 "partsin order to se the desired eonfwinsiion, and the eniis'o strip a are proed with an desir I; econso ieh are shown, em is; grove issiiexzer snei.

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"her, one for ifsstei'iing we. the other for sdjos sing; or fittiiggg.

i a of the goiter o is presided oi en's-i: side of med from the 1 rho W....1 s iii-o foot, said 11; b body for sou by permit" disturbing a isprovide 1 the lower end (1/ at the top 'ij-i f the goiter e \Viilil s.bmvk'miriiiy directed iii" curved as shown (Z to permi a? beingaccessible, said 111g o passing be tween the fasteners o and a and being91113 vidoii with s fnskener at iorwerd. eni i to I with the body ofenda of the gait.

Connecting: the two sides of the gen" is :i strap ii, preform M r ofelastic mabi'is-i, and. orrwfi'ied with the lenmlo members (2 of thefasteners a and. 1 and adapted dimmed iiherowith cipher over on} aseem'ding o the use of the t or W In a rubber foo b severing.

' 1 is to be were. with a rub- I her footcovering, it is first placedabout the utilized to secure the ends thereof, after and the strip bdisconnected and passed ankle and the usual buttons or fasteners whichthe strap d is placed in position under the foot and connected with thesides of the gaiter, the fasteners a and c eng-aging the elements (i and(r, and the foot covering may then: be placed in position, the loweredges of the members a and c of the gaiter being raised and placedoutside of the foot covering after which the lug a is secured inposition and a neat appearance results as well as an absolute protectionfor the foot. it will, ofcourse, be understood that the lugs andfastening devices are duplicated on each side of the gaiter and this isclearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and where the lacing shown in Fig. 8 isemployed, perfect adjustment and fitting of the gaiter results, andvarious fastening and. adjusting devices be employed to produce theresults intended.

When the puttee is employed with the gaiter, the fastening device If isconnected with the corresponding member thereof, of, of the strap 65whereas the fastener d is con nected with the member a" of the gaiterand Lhe.puttee is thereby held in a secure position, either with orwithout foot coverings and when the puttee is employed, the knee guard cmay or may not be employed as desired.

When none of the component parts of our invention is in use, the kneeguard is connected with the puttce in the manner shown through the loopon the gait-er and again connected with the puttee, thus connecting allthe parts and preventing loss thereof but, if desired, the strip 6 maybe used, when the puttee is in use, for holding the trousers inposition. after being wrapped about the leg of the wearer previous toplacing the puttee or the gaiter in position.

It will be understood that various changes in and modificationsof thepreferred form of construction herein shown and described may be madewithout departing from the spirit of our invention or sacrificing itsadvantages and, with this reservation what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A leg covering, comprising a member encircling the leg, means forsecurin 'the same in position, a strap passed beneath the foot andconnected with said leg covering in two places on each side thereof anda lug on said covering passed between said securing points.

2. A leg covering, comprising a gaiter composed of'twome1nbers,'dependent lugs on one of said members, a longitudinallydirected lug on the other of said members and adapted to be securedthereto, securing devices for said members and a strap adapted to beconnected with said firstnamed lugs above oribelow said last named lug.

3. A leg covering, comprising a gaiter open at one side, a strapconnected with said gaiter at both sides thereofpassing beneath the footand means for holding said gaiter over a foot covering with said strapinside the same.

4. A leg covering, comprising a gaiter, a

strapconnected at one side thereof and passing beneath the foot andmeans for securing the end of said strap to the other side of said.

gaiter, thereof.

5. A leg covering, comprising a puttee, a gaiter, a strap detachablyconnected therewith at the sides thereof and either within or within orwithout the lower edge without the lower edge thereof, said strap beingpassed benea th the foot, and means for connecting said strap to saidputtee at the sides thereof.

- In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we havesigned our names in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 27th dayof December, 1906.

, I HYMAN COHEN.

BENJAMIN NATHAN. Witnesses:

M. M. WHIrPLE, I v ADAM BEE.

